Classifications

• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
  • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
  • D04H1/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
  • D04H1/40—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties
  • D04H1/58—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties by applying, incorporating or activating chemical or thermoplastic bonding agents, e.g. adhesives
  • D04H1/587—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties by applying, incorporating or activating chemical or thermoplastic bonding agents, e.g. adhesives characterised by the bonding agents used
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
  • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
  • D04H1/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
  • D04H1/40—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties
  • D04H1/42—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties characterised by the use of certain kinds of fibres insofar as this use has no preponderant influence on the consolidation of the fleece
  • D04H1/425—Cellulose series
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  • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
  • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
  • D04H1/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
  • D04H1/40—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties
  • D04H1/58—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties by applying, incorporating or activating chemical or thermoplastic bonding agents, e.g. adhesives
  • D04H1/64—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties by applying, incorporating or activating chemical or thermoplastic bonding agents, e.g. adhesives the bonding agent being applied in wet state, e.g. chemical agents in dispersions or solutions
  • D04H1/645—Impregnation followed by a solidification process
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
  • D06M13/00—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with non-macromolecular organic compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment
  • D06M13/322—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with non-macromolecular organic compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment with compounds containing nitrogen
  • D06M13/388—Amine oxides
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
  • D06M23/00—Treatment of fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, characterised by the process
  • D06M23/10—Processes in which the treating agent is dissolved or dispersed in organic solvents; Processes for the recovery of organic solvents thereof
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
  • D06M2101/00—Chemical constitution of the fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, to be treated
  • D06M2101/02—Natural fibres, other than mineral fibres
  • D06M2101/04—Vegetal fibres
  • D06M2101/06—Vegetal fibres cellulosic

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a method for producing a solidified fiber composite, which contains cellulosic fibers, the cellulose being present in the cellulose II crystal structure, by contacting the fiber composite with an aqueous solution of N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) at elevated temperature and then washing the fiber composite.
• NMMO N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide
• fiber composite is intended to denote any type of fabric, fleece or scrim.
• N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide is preferably used as the solvent.
• NMMO N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide
• the abbreviation "NMMO” is used for the term “tertiary amine oxides” used, NMMO additionally stands for the N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide which is preferably used today.
• Tertiary amine oxides have long been known as alternative solvents for cellulose. From US Pat. No. 2,179,181 it is known, for example, that tertiary amine oxides can dissolve high-quality chemical pulp without derivatization and that cellulosic shaped bodies such as fibers can be obtained from these solutions by precipitation. US Pat. Nos. 3,447,939, 3,447,956 and 3,508,941 describe further processes for the preparation of cellulosic solutions, cyclic amine oxides preferably being used as solvents. In all of these processes, cellulose is physically dissolved at an elevated temperature.
• EP-A-0 356 419 by the applicant describes a process which is preferably carried out in a thin-film treatment apparatus in which a suspension of the comminuted pulp in an aqueous tertiary amine oxide, spread out in the form of a thin layer, is transported over a heating surface , the surface of this thin layer being subjected to a vacuum.
• a suspension of the comminuted pulp in an aqueous tertiary amine oxide, spread out in the form of a thin layer is transported over a heating surface , the surface of this thin layer being subjected to a vacuum.
• water is evaporated off and the cellulose can be brought into solution, so that a spinnable cellulose solution is discharged from the thin-film treatment apparatus.
• a method and an apparatus for spinning cellulose solutions are known, for example, from WO 93/19230 by the applicant.
• the spinning solution is spun in a warm state and the filaments obtained are introduced into a precipitation bath to precipitate the cellulose contained, the filaments being cooled before being introduced into the precipitation bath.
• the cooling is carried out immediately after molding and preferably consists of blowing the cellulosic molding horizontally with air.
• German Patent No. 902 427 describes the consolidation of a nonwoven made of cellulose fibers by means of a lye bath which contains 5 to 15% NaOH. The cellulose fibers are swollen with the lye bath, causing a consolidation.
• Sheet formation process is subjected, wherein the suspension contains a tertiary amine oxide. This process allows the production of high strength paper.
• a method for solidifying a fibrous material is known from US-A-3,447,956.
• the solidification is carried out by impregnating the fibrous material with an amine oxide and heating it to a temperature at which the amine oxide can solidify the fibrous material.
• Woven and nonwovens which are natural cellulosic fibers, such as e.g. Pulp, cotton, linen, but also synthetic fibers, e.g. Include rayon (viscose fibers), suggested.
• the treatment of paper with the amine oxide is particularly preferred.
• NMMO is apparently used as a monohydrate in molten or liquid form or in solution with a volatile, evaporable solvent.
• fiber composites which are provided with a cellulosic coating, impregnation or covering. These fiber composites are produced by coating the fiber composite on one side with a solution of cellulose in an aqueous NMMO, after which the layer is coagulated in a water bath.
• the US-A-4,196,282 describes the three-component system MMO / H 2 0 / cellulose and the so-called "release window", that is Conditions under which the cellulose dissolves in the aqueous NMMO.
• the object of the invention is to provide a method of the type mentioned at the outset in which a fiber composite can be solidified without complex evaporation of a volatile solvent or without the need to use an NMMO monohydrate or to produce it by evaporation.
• the process according to the invention for producing a consolidated fiber composite, which contains cellulosic fibers, the cellulose being present in the cellulose II crystal structure, by contacting the fiber composite with an aqueous solution of N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) at elevated temperature and then washing the Fiber composite, is characterized in that the contacting is carried out so that the relationship
• T means the temperature of the aqueous NMMO solution in ° C
• C the concentration of the NMMO in mass%, based on the aqueous NMMO Solution means a number in the range from 0.30 and 1.70, preferably in the range from 0.5 to 1.5, and particularly preferably in the range from 0.8 to 1.2, with the proviso that that the temperature T is less than 130 ° C and the concentration C is in the range of 70 to 84 mass%.
• the invention is based on the knowledge that the three parameters mentioned, that is to say the concentration of the NMMO solution, its temperature and the impregnation time, are apparently essential and sufficient for the strengthening of a composite, for example a nonwoven, of cellulose fibers, and that they are also chosen in this way the above relationship must be satisfied. If, on the other hand, these parameters are chosen so that the relationship is less than 0.30, the bond cannot be strengthened. On the other hand, if the parameters are chosen so that the relationship gives a value above 1.70, then a dissolution of the fiber composite in the NMMO solution is observed.
• the temperature T is preferably less than 100 ° C.
• a special embodiment of the method according to the invention is characterized in that the fiber composite is pressed before washing.
• the pressing can be carried out in a simple manner e.g. be made so that the fleece is guided between two rollers that exert pressure on the fiber composite.
• the use of a fiber composite has proven particularly useful, the fibers of which have been produced at least in part by the amine oxide process or the viscose process.
• the parameters to be set according to the invention namely the concentration of the respective NMMO solution (in mass% NMMO, based on the total mass of the solution), its temperature (in ° C.) and the impregnation time (in Minutes) were selected as indicated in Table 1 below. All of the examples meet the relationship given above. The value resulting from the parameters is also given in the table.
• Examples 1 to 15 are according to the invention, since the values resulting from the above-mentioned relationship with the NMMO concentration, the temperature and the impregnation time are in the range specified according to the invention. All of the nonwovens proved to be consolidated after the treatment according to the invention.

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